Music, movie industry to warn copyright infringers (Update 3)
Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law. Ignore the notices, and violators...
View ArticleMexico moves to end telecom monopolies
Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortunes.
View ArticleFacebook cleans up Timeline in latest tweak
Facebook on Wednesday began rolling out new profile pages redesigned to clear away clutter from "Timelines" that chronicle member postings at the leading social network.
View ArticleTV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston
Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.
View ArticleYahoo! to be online home of 'Saturday Night Live'
Yahoo! on Thursday continued its transformation into a stage for online media with a deal to stream "Saturday Night Live" television shows stretching from the current season back to 1975.
View ArticleVietnam to clamp down on social media news postings
Communist Vietnam is to ban bloggers and social media users from sharing news stories online, under a new decree seen as a further crackdown on online freedom.
View ArticleComcast rumored to be considering adding to Copyright Alert System
(Phys.org) —Variety is claiming it has sources that confirm that Comcast is considering adding another feature to the Copyright Alert System (CAS) implemented last February by Comcast and other...
View ArticleOnline video forces change on TV industry
Having turned print media upside down, the Internet now is disrupting television, forcing broadcasters to adapt to tablets and video-on-demand to hold onto views and advertisers.
View ArticleReview: New TiVo delivers for avid TV viewers
When I bought my first TiVo digital video recorder in 2001, I was a real trendsetter. "You can really pause live television?" friends asked with wonder. "You don't have to rewind a tape when you're done?"
View ArticleTwitter dials deeper into TV
A start-up specializing in tuning into online banter by TV viewers said Wednesday that it has been bought by Twitter.
View ArticleAmazon courts studios for TV streaming service
Internet retail titan Amazon.com has been reaching out to entertainment studios about licensing television programs for an online streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
View ArticleNetflix tops 50M subscribers as 2Q earnings soar (Update)
Netflix's second-quarter earnings more than doubled as new episodes from a hit series helped the Internet video service surpass 50 million worldwide subscribers for the first time.
View ArticleShazam breaks 100 million monthly user mark
Shazam announced Wednesday that 100 million people use its song-recognition mobile service monthly in a 34 percent surge from a year earlier.
View ArticleAmericans watch less TV, stream more, report shows
Americans are turning away from live TV on the tube and tuning in to streaming services, a Nielsen report says.
View ArticleFrench TV hack 'a step up' in cyberjihadism
The "unprecedented" cyber-attack on French television channel TV5Monde represents a major "step up" in the Internet warfare being waged by highly specialised jihadist hackers, experts said Thursday.
View ArticleMembership jumps as Netflix pumps original shows
Netflix on Wednesday said that membership jumped 3.3 million last quarter, crediting original shows such as "Orange is the New Black" that have been hits with viewers.
View ArticleNetflix to launch in Japan on September 2
Netflix will launch its streaming television service in Japan on September 2, the latest stop in its mission to be a global entertainment powerhouse, it said Tuesday.
View ArticleHulu explores selling stake to Time Warner: report
Hulu is looking to sell a stake to Time Warner in a deal that would value the streaming television service at more than $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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